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Patent GB-190718712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Cleaning Apparatus.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 18,712. Lake, H. W., [Dunn-Locke Vacuum Cleaning Co.]. Aug. 19. Vacuum cleaning- apparatus. - The dust - laden air is drawn directly into the pump, mixed with water therein, and the mixture discharged directly or by way of an exhaust -silencer, into the atmosphere or a sewer, the p u m p being particularly designed so as to prevent access of dust and dirt to its w e a r i n g-surfaces. Figs. 1 and 2 show a pump adapted to be driven by an electromotor 31 arranged on the same bed 32. On the up-stroke of the piston 3, dust-laden air is drawn through passages 6, past ball valves 5 into the mixing-chamber 1, and is brought into intimate contact with the liquid by passing through perforated plates 7 ; on the down-stroke, a portion of the mixture is discharged through valves 9 in the piston and a hood 8<1> attached to the piston and adapted to telescope into an outlet 40. The chamber is supplied with fresh liquid at each stroke by means of an oscillating plug cock 20 actuated from an eccentric 23 on the driving-shaft, the liquid being maintained at a constant level, indicated by a water-gauge 35, by providing a second plug cock 26, similarly actuated, for discharging a regulated amount of liquid each stroke. The passages 4 containing the ball valves are directed so that the dust-laden air tends to impart a rotary motion to the liquid, in order to facilitate mixing. To prevent the access of dust &c. to the wearing-surfaces, the piston is provided with a bell-shaped extension 11, of slightly less external diameter, the lower end of which always remains immersed in an annular chamber 11<1> of slightly greater external diameter than the piston 1, and fresh water is continually supplied to the outside of the bell by way of a pipe 43. In a modification, the mixing-chamber is located at one side of the pump instead of immediately below the piston ; the supply of fresh liquid is provided wholly by means of a pipe similarly located to the pipe 43 ; and the mixture is discharged through outlet valves in the top of the mixing-chamber. This type of pump is actuated preferably by an inverted steam cylinder.
Patent GB-190722161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines.
Inventor: WEDGWOOD ARTHUR DAULBY
Filed: 1907-10-08
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 22,161. Wedgwood, A. D. Oct. 8. Elastic-fluid turbines. - To secure the turbine drum H from rotation upon the end disk C, it is provided with tenons J which mesh with slots cut in the outstanding flange G on the end disk. The drum and disk may be tapered towards G so that when the drum is shrunk on, the rev e r s e taper will prevent endlong movement or, for the same purpose, the slots in the flange G may be dovetailed and the tenons J laterally expanded into them, or a channel formed by grooves K, L in the drum and disk may be filled with metal forced in through suitable holes in the drum. To ensure a steam-tight joint between the drum and disk, the channel K, L may be filled with red lead or the like.
Patent GB-190724224-A (GB)
Inventor: NESBIT DAVID MEIN
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 24,224. Nesbit, D. M. Nov. 1. Heating buildings etc.; steam traps.-In a steam heating-system working at or above or below atmospheric pressure, the return pipe of the system is connected by a non-return valve with a steam-trap or similar receptacle, from which a pipe passes to a flue, to discharge air. The heating-system used may be of the type described in Specifications No. 12,944, A.D. 1902, Nos. 12,850, 12,852, and 27,687, A.D. 1904, No. 17,791, A.D. 1905, and No. 17,339, A.D. 1906. The pipe may be provided with means operated by the waste heat or heated gases to increase the suction. The steam - trap used is preferably of the type described in Specification No. 25,234, A.D. 1902, in which a float m, Fig. 2, moves a system of levers n, o, p, q when water collects, and opens a valve h, Fig. 3, in a chamber above the trap, admitting steam from a boiler d through a pipe t, and equalizing the pressure, so that the water decends by its own weight through a pipe e to the boiler. The trap is connected by a pipe k with the boiler flue l except when the float rises, a valve i being then closed. If the trap is below the water level of the boiler, a second trap may be placed above the water level, so as to receive the water discharged from the lower trap. In Fig. 7 is shown an arrangement of air by-pass pipes y over a doorway &c. to prevent any tendency to water or air hammer. The steam - trap used need not be automatic in action, and may be combined with or formed as a condenser : or it may consist of a chamber in which is fitted a baffle having perforations as described in Specification No. 9646, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Steam generators].
Patent GB-190725495-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Rubber Pipe Joint for Inflating Pumps.
Inventor: KREBS HEINRICH LUDWIG
Filed: 1907-11-18
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 25,495. Krebs, H. L. Nov. 18. Dirt, preventing lodgment of.-The end piece b of an inflator connexion, having a tapering part f, may, when formed without a boring, be used as a tightening stopper for the valve. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 17,369, A.D. 1896, No. 25,701, A.D. 1902, and No. 17,362, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Pipes &c.].]
Patent GB-190800280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type Setting Machines.
Filed: 1908-01-04
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 280. Pulsometer Engineering Co., and Adcock, E. A. Jan. 4. Type, setting.-Relates to machines of the kind in which rows of type contained in horizontal parallel troughs g', Fig. 1, are pressed by followers j, connected to weights o, against a fixed stop, the foremost types being raised by ejectors sand allowed to fall into discharge passages v. The type troughs g<1> are formed, as heretofore, partly in a fixed plate b and partly in a readily detachable plate a, which is held on the machine frame e<1> by latches k. The plate a is formed with grooves a<1>, Fig. 6, of two widths in cross-section, the narrower parts of the grooves receiving metal strips g, which form the side walls of the type troughs. The wider parts of the grooves receive the cords h, which connect the followers j and weights o. The followers are in two parts, as . heretofore, the rear part j, which is connected to the weights, engaging the front part by means of a hook-like part j<2>. When it is desired to change the type in a trough, the rear part j of the follower is removed, and is supported on a fixed cross-bar m, the front part j<1> of the follower supporting the type, which may be pushed back on to the plate a by means of a comb-like device. The plate b is formed with grooves similar to those in the plate a, parts of the grooves extending through the bottom of the plate to permit the cords h to pass through to the pulleys i. The front ends of the troughs are narrowed by thickening the partitions at that point. The plate b carries the usual deflecting-device q, to tilt the ejected type, the stop r, and a bridge-piece t, which keeps the partitions of the troughs in place and carries adjustable stops u, to prevent the ejection of more than one type.
Patent GB-190802462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oscilating Steam and Air Engines.
Inventor: DAWE CHARLES
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 2462. Dawe, C. Aug. 4. [Patent of Addition to No. 2889, A.D. 1905.] Drawings to Specification. Engine turning-gear.-A pivoted frame for reversing an engine is provided with rods which engage and rotate the fly-wheel at starting,
Patent GB-190803985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Ignition Devices for Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1908-02-21
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 3985. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Hopps, B. Feb. 21. Gas and explosivevapour engines, igniting in. A gastight joint for a sparking - p lug is formed of refractory enamel. The insulation consists of a body of enamel 6, a top portion of porcelain 9, and, if desired, a bottom portion of porcelain &c. 5. The top portion 9 may be in contact with the enamel.
Patent GB-190809772-A (GB)
Title: Process of Obtaining the Nitrates of Barium and Strontium
Inventor: WEYER HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 9772. Weyer, H. May 5. Oxalates.-Calcium oxalate is obtained in the production of barium nitrate by treating a solution of calcium nitrate with barium oxalate, under the action of heat, and at normal or increased pressure, and afterwards filtering off the insoluble calcium compound.
Patent GB-190810141-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coal Saver.
Inventor: HORSBURGH JOHN
Filed: 1908-05-11
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 10,141. Horsburgh, J. May 11. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Fuel-economizers.-The bars of a false bottom grate are made capable of being rocked to free it from ashes. Fig. 3 shows an inverted plan of the apparatus. The bars C are carried loosely in a frame A supported by legs B upon the grate bottom, and have squared ends projecting through the frame which are turned by a key. They have also slotted downwardly-projecting lugs E each of which engages a different one of a number of pins F on a bar D supported by horizontally projecting lugs G, H on the frame A. The grate bars are thus all rocked by rocking any one. A retaining- bar J is detachably secured to the frame A at the rear so that the grate bars may be withdrawn when necessary. Specification No. 5895, A.D. 1898, is referred to.
Patent GB-190811784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatically Disengaging Clips for Attaching Articles to a Moving Rope
Inventor: OATES ROBERT JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-30
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 11,784. Oates, R. J. W. May 30. Rope grips.-Relates to rope grips of the kind in which the jaws are actuated by a cam-lever which can be released at any predetermined point, and consists in a simple form of grip in which the jaws separate by gravity when the lever is released. Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of the grip, and Fig. 3 shows a side view. The movable jaw 3 dovetails into the fixed jaw 1, and is actuated by a cam shaped projection 7 on an arm 6, which swivels on a bolt 4 screwed into the fixed jaw and locked by a nut 5. When the arm is raised, it acts on a curved part 8 of the movable jaw and closes the jaws on the rope. A fixed stop is arranged in the path of the grip in order to force the arm back and release the rope. The fitting surfaces of the jaws are inclined so that they separate by gravity, and the hole in the movable jaw is elongated vertically in order to allow relative movement of the jaw. The grip is attached at 11 to the tub to be drawn, and can be adjusted to various widths of rope by screwing the bolt 4 into or out of the fixed jaw. Stops 9, 13 are provided to limit the movement of the arm 6. The gripping-surfaces are formed by pieces of harder metal, which can be renewed when desired.
Patent GB-190812867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means or Apparatus for use in Playing a New Card Game.
Inventor: CORKHILL PERCY FULLERTON
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 12,867. Corkhill, P. F. June 16. Card games.-A game is played with counters and with cards numbered consecutively from 1 to 20 or more. Each card may bear a single number with a base line underneath to show which is the bottom of the card or may be numbered as shown in Fig. 2. Each player by buying with counters cards from the "banker" endeavours to obtain a sequence of cards.
Patent GB-190815608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Filed: 1908-07-23
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 15,608. Thornton - Pickard Manufacturing Co., Pickard, A. G., and Shepherd, A. July 23.. Cameras with sliding fronts are fitted with a pair of upright struts for supporting the front without auxiliary supporting- stays. The struts are pivoted upon a bracket sliding on the baseboard and can be clamped in any required angular position. In one construction the struts G, Figs. 1 and 2, are pivoted at g to end plates E of a bracket F, and clamping-bolts H pass through slots e in the end plates. An additional plate K may be fitted, having notches in its bent-up ends, with which pins or projections k<1> on the sides of the struts engage when the struts are in the vertical position. In alternative modifications, the struts may be formed with slots g', Fig. 9, or both struts and bracket may be formed with straight slots g', e, Fig. 5. In another modification, the bolts H slide over the shaped edges of the brackets E as shown in Fig..7, or of the struts as shown in Fig. 11, and the struts are clamped by nuts and washers h, h', Fig. 8, the washers being halved or cut away on their inner sides so as to bear against both the bracket and the stretcher.
Patent GB-190818466-A (GB)
Filed: 1908-09-03
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 18,466. Fletcher, Russell, & Co., Neil, J., and Fletcher, T. W. Sept. 3. Gas and oil stoves; heat radiators.-A gas or oil-heated radiator for heating green. houses &c. consists of two concentric tubes b, c, placed vertically as shown in Fig. 1, or horizontally as in Fig. 2. The combustion products from the burner a pass first through the inner tube and then descend or return through the annular space between the two tubes, passing away through an aperture e, which may be fitted with a flue. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 2588, A.D. 1859, No. 657, A.D. 1877, No. 5424, A.D. 1881, No. 10,035, A.D. 1885, and No. 21,512, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190821384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Matched Flooring
Inventor: MOMBERG CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1908-10-09
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 21,384. Momberg, C. Oct. 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Flooring.-The edges of matched flooring-boards are provided with tongues 15, Fig. 2, parallel inclines 22, 23 out of alinement, and a bevel 21 at the base of the tongue to receive the nails; the opposite edges are correspondingly grooved and bevelled, the bevel 20 being preferably steeper than the face 23. The faces 18, 21 may be rounded.
Patent GB-190821944-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pulley.
Inventor: FRICKE OTTO
Filed: 1908-10-16
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 21,944. Fricke, O., and Klepp, H. Oct. 16. No Patent granted (Sealingfeenot paid). Pulleys; mounting and securing pulleys on shafts. -A driving - pulley consists of a metal rim in halves 1, 2 and wooden spokes 3 ... 6, angle-irons 10 securing the parts together. Screws 11, or bolts and nuts, prevent lateral movement of the spokes 5, 6. An iron key 12, held between and bolted to the spokes 3, 4, engages a groove in the shaft. The ends of the rim halves 1, 2 are turned in and bolted between the recessed spoke ends.
Patent GB-190822570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: WILTSHIRE DAWSON HECTOR GRANT
Filed: 1908-10-24
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 22,570. Wiltshire, D. H. G., and Cole, C. G. Oct. 24. Insoles; waterproofing.-An insole for a waterproof boot consists of a layer B of leather or like material, and a layer A of aluminium or like soft metal, or of celluloid, which is formed on one or both sides with small solid conical or like projections, or with interrupted solid ribs A<1>, Fig. 1. The upper is lasted and sewn to the insole in the usual way, the stitches passing through the edges of both layers A, B. In the case of a boot in which a runner or welt D, Fig. 2, is used, a moulded sole or half-sole H, made of the same materials and in the same manner as the layer A, may be placed over the runner or welt and next to the insole. The boot is completed with a filling E and sole F as usual.
Patent GB-190900141-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Supporting Inverted Incandescent Gas Light Mantles.
Inventor: BEAL WILLIAM
Filed: 1909-01-04
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 141. Beal, W. Jan. 4. Mantle supports. -The bottom of an inverted mantle is supported by a vertically -adjustable screw carried by the arms of a wire clip which engages the refractory ring of the mantle. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the screw 10 has a dished head a n d works in a socket 12, which by means of a flange 13 and a nut 15 is secured in an eye 3 in the wire, which terminates in bent gripping-ends 8, 9 engaging the mantle ring 2. The eye 3 may be formed by bending one arm 5 almost round the socket 12 and then turning the wire back upon itself and continuing it as the arm 4 ; or the wire may make one and a half complete turns round the socket, being then compressed in dies so as to reduce the thickness of the eye where there are two superimposed portions of the wire. According to the Provisional Specification, the wire arms may have spring coils at their lower ends and may be supported by the burner tube ; or eyes &c. may be formed on their upper ends for engaging either the usual radial projections on the mantle ring, or the clips when these are of refractory material ; the support may be of refractory material, brass, &c.
Patent GB-190900242-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means, for use with Motor Cars, as a Protection against the Weather.
IPC: B60J1/02
Filed: 1909-01-05
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 242. Austin Motor Co., and Austin, H. Jan. 5. Wind-guards.-A weather-screen for the front seats of a motor-car consists of an apron f extending from the dash-board B to a frame a which is bolted to the framing C and supported from the dash-board by sheet-metal stays e. The apron may be extended at the sides, as at f<2>, to the seats, where it is secured by buttons &c. An upper frame G supported on the frame a carries a glazed wind-shield, comprising a lower fixed section and an upper section g<3> hinged at its upper edge.
Patent GB-190900733-A (GB)
Title: A Dust Preventer for Motor Cars and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MANNINGTON DOUGLAS
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 1909-01-12
Granted: 1910-02-14
Abstract: 733. Mannington, D. Jan. 12. Mud-guards and the like.-A casing for enclosing the wheels of motor-vehicles, to prevent the rising of dust, is provided with laterallyprojecting brackets k with bent ends, so that it can be hooked into sockets on the car framing and be secured by bolts passing through the framing and entering the slots s. A slot d, provided on the inner surface of the guard to allow it to pass over the axle, may be closed by a sliding door e when the guard is in position. A similar slot may be provided in the outer surface if necessary. The rear of the guard is slightly extended at i to allow clearance space for the dust thrown up by the wheel. A triangular or wedge-shaped member j is fixed to the front of the guard to receive the impact of obstacles on the road and to deflect them to the side of the guard.
Patent GB-190902058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Mechanism for Safes, Strong Rooms, and the like.
Inventor: TITTERTON FRANK
IPC: E05B65/00
Filed: 1909-01-28
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 2058. Titterton, F. Jan. 28. Multiple-bolt fastenings. - The doors of safes, strong-rooms, &c. are secured by spring-pressed bolts connected to the operating-handle by means comprising one or more locks, so that, if the locks are destroyed, the bolts cannot be withdrawn. A handle on the spindle 24 retracts or advances simultaneously a series of plates 2 by means of levers and links 3 and pin-and-slot connexions. Each plate 2 has a flange 4, on which is slidably mounted a plate 5, having apertures to pass over the heads of the bolts in the advanced position. In this position, the lock 10 is operated to shift plates 8, through the medium of the lever 12, a pair of levers not shown, and the links 9. By means of pins 15 and pegs 14, the plates 8 move the plates 5 laterally, so that the apertures therein engage the reduced necks of the bolts, thus permitting their withdrawal by the handle. Lock mechanism, lever type.-The plates 2 cannot be advanced until the lock 18 is operated by a key, which raises a bolt 19. The bolt 19 is in sections, each of which lifts a lever 20, Fig. 2, to aline its slot 21 with the stump 22 on the plate 2.
Patent GB-190909067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Feeding Apparatus for Printing Presses.
Inventor: HERMANN CASPAR
IPC: B65H3/06
Filed: 1909-04-16
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 9067. Hermann, C. April 16. Feeding sheets.-The pile of sheets a rests on an automatically and intermittently rising table band the upper sheets abut against an inclined face of a vertically adjustable bar 5, which has a sharp upper edge and is preferably of triangular section. The sheets are fed forward, without the aid of a combing-device, by the frictional action of a series of feed-rollers 7 secured to an intermittently-driven shaft, which is mounted in vertically-adjustable bearings to provide for feeding sheets of various thicknesses. The sharp upper edge of the bar is adapted to coincide approximately with the line of contact of the feed-rollers with the sheet, and a transporting - roll 8 and conveying rolls tare arranged in advance. The positive drive of the rolls 7 feeds the sheet to the rolls t, which carry it forward, the sheet then driving the rollers t frictionally. After the top sheet has passed, the rotation of the rolls t, before coming to rest, carries the next sheet over the edge of the bar 5 ready for the next feed. The parts are driven from a shaft e through bevel and spur gearing, the pile table being operated by worm and ratchet mechanism from a crank on the shaft i, and the feed-roller shaft through a ratchet-wheel thereon engaged by a pawl, which is carried by a wheel driven by an internal rack in a slotted link 12, actuated by an adjustable crank-pin 10. The rollers t are driven by bevel-gear from a side shaft. The feed-rollers are made .of cork, and the bar 5 of cork, rubber, wood, or the like.
Patent GB-190914829-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Reproducing Perforated Sheets Employed in Mechanically Actuated Musical Instruments.
Inventor: BUNGE JULIUS CARL
Filed: 1909-06-24
Granted: 1910-07-25
Abstract: 14,829. Bunge, J. C. June 24. Selective punching- machines. - In electrically-actuated machines for producing copies of tune-sheets for automatic musical instruments, the electric contact-makers are adjustable to pattern sheets of different widths, and the selecting - blocks, which it is usual to interpose between the heads of the punches 20, Fig. 4, and a continually-reciprocating beam 17 are constituted by the bent-over ends of bell-crank levers 24, rocked by electro-magnets 19. While the punches are acting, the paper sheets are clamped by a bar 31. The boards 2, 3, Fig. 1, on which the terminals 6, 9 are situated, are adapted to be turned about pivots 8, and are connected by parallel links 4, so that the distance between the contact-making springs 5 can be adjusted. The frame 15, Fig. 4, of the punching-mechanism is similarly mounted to vary the distance between the lines of perforations.
Patent GB-190916348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lasting Machines for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: PLANT THOMAS GUSTAVE
IPC: A43D21/12
Filed: 1909-07-13
Granted: 1910-08-15
Abstract: 16,348. Plant, T. G. July 13. Lasting.-Relates to a bed-lasting machine of the type in which the jacked shoe is held down on a vertically-adjustable post, while heel and toe lasting carriages are separately advanced to wipe the upper by means of end plates 8 mounted in carriers 50. The invention consists in adjusting each plate on its carrier by means of a lever, one arm 66 of which is pivoted to the plate at 65. The lever is pivoted at 68 in an extension of the wiper carrier, and its other arm 69 is adjustable about the lever pivot by means of a locking-pin 70, which passes through a hole in the lever and through any one of a series of holes 71 in the carrier extension. To cause the adjusting swing of the wiper plates to take place about the centre of their opening and closing movement, each carrier has studs 61, 62 which engage curved slots 63, 64 in its wiper plate, the slots having the central point 60 as the centre of their curvatures. The inner edge of each plate is bevelled and slides on a bevelled shoulder on the carrier.